This has come as a big surprise to me as I was not confident in ever being able to Pinpoint a paternal origin within Ireland, Scotland, England, or Wales based on the results of Ancest
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The surname Kelly is the second most common surname found in Ireland.
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I was invited by the world's largest commercial ancestral DNA testing Company 'Family Tree DNA' to give a talk entitled 'Pinpointing a Geographical Origin' at their
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Mr Durkin contacted me feeling pessimistic about his chances of pinpointing an origin for his Irish ancestors based on his commercial ancestral DNA test results!
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A big thank you to Mr Kirk for allowing me to publish his Case Study online.
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The power of commercial ancestral DNA testing continues to amaze me.
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I am delighted to have performed a successful Case Study for a Customer with very strong evidence of Viking ancestry in their commercial ancestral Y-DNA results. This included a DNA signature more typical
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The de Lacey family take their name from Lassy in Normandy.
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When the Normans arrived in Ireland in 1169 AD they brought with them their followers from England, Wales, and even continental Europe.
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